Ich Bin Berliner – Update for 2013 …
- June 26th, 2013
- Posted by EU Australia
Fifty years on, the American President Barack Obama quoted his predecessor JF Kennedy, at the Brandenburg Gate, 19.6.13 . … Read More »
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Fifty years on, the American President Barack Obama quoted his predecessor JF Kennedy, at the Brandenburg Gate, 19.6.13 . … Read More »
Australia and New Zealand have begun their case against Japanese whaling, at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, 26.6.13. … Read More »
The former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, (picture) 76, sentenced to seven years gaol on sex charges, 24.6.13, is digging in for a long appeals process. … Read More »
A team commander with the Australian commandos in Afghanistan – Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird– has been killed in fighting in the South of the country; with two others wounded.
The action coincided with a service in Australia to open a memorial to soldiers lost in the Afghan conflict. … Read More »
Unseasonal heavy rain has brought floods to central Europe over a fortnight, rolling along the river systems through Northern and eastern Germany, Poland, the Czech republic, Slovakia, Austria and Hungary. … Read More »
The Greek government this week shut down its national broadcaster ERT, the Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, saying the move was in step with steep austerity measures across the board.
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Protests in Turkey snowballed after demonstrators occupied a city square destined for redevelopment, including a shopping area; put down after nearly a fortnight by heavy police action.
Talks in Brussels over the country’s long struggle to get into the European Union were again on the back-burner. … Read More »